This is a step down from a variant of concern. A strain may be considered a variant of interest, or VOI, if: Vaccines or previous cases of COVID are somewhat less protective against it. It's predicted to spread faster and cause worse symptoms. Treatments and tests work less well on it...
Doctors studyingOmicron's spreadaround the world have found new clues to the pattern of symptoms caused by the highly-mutatedCOVID-19variant, which a growing number of reports suggest might show up differently and faster compared to the Delta variant it is now displacing. Early evidence suggests ...
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus is associated with a wide range of symptoms. The REal-time Assessment of Community Transmission −1 (REACT-1) study monitored the spread and clinical manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 among random samples of the population in
Coughing isn't typically a primary symptom, but it can persist. "The virus seems to produce a kind of a chronic bronchitis, so that you can have a cough syndrome that lasts beyond the period where you’ve recovered from other symptoms," says Schaffner. "I haven’t really heard of anythi...
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus is associated with a wide range of symptoms. The REal-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT-1) study monitored the spread and clinical manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 among random samples of the population in England from 1 May 2020 to 31 March 2022. ...
Unlike some previous highly mutated variants that had raised concerns over potential changes tosymptomsin recent years, the JN.1 variant many Americans already likely caught over the winter is closely related to the KP.2 strain now on the rise. ...
At this time, it's not possible to know whether infection with BA.2.86 produces different symptoms from other variants, according to the CDC. "The case numbers are just too small," Pekosz says. In its risk assessment of BA.2.86, the CDC said "there is no evidence that this variant is...
Is this variant more dangerous? From the data thus far, this new variant has not been found to have any significant change in severity. It is noted to be 1.2 times more infectious than prior variants and its symptoms include cough, fever, sore throat and conjunctivitis. The conj...
If you're experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. If you've had close contact with someone -- within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes -- with a positive COVID-19 test. If you've been asked by your healthcare provider to get a test. ...
“Hospital emergency rooms are inundated with patients with symptoms of Covid-19,” according to Brevard County Emergency Director John Scott. All three hospital systems in the county are over capacity and continue to deal with a surge in patients, which creates safety concerns for other emergencie...